Found an alleged (LOCAL - and NOT International) very short call (!) made while in Amsterdam charged (10 to 20 times normal pay phone rate and no warning) to my American Express card: I learned from American Express that it has a standing agreement with BBG Communications to reverse charges ...
On christmas Day my husband and I went to use the local public telephone booth next tothe post Office in a little Austrian town. It had a professional "Austrian Telekom" logo advertisment saying use your credit card to call to USA, Canada and Australia. We knew the rates via telekom ...
I made two calls to Michigan from a phone in an Inn in Edinburgh, Scotland which took credit card. Each call was only a few seconds long, just long enough to say hi and ask my parents to call me back on my cell phone. I figured it might cost one pound or fifty pence, (which would have been ...
I was vacationing in Mexico and tried to call home during my visit. The only way to use the hotel phone was by credit card. I made several unsuccessful attempts, got an answering machine once and one connection that did go through. After returning home, I checked my credit card statement. BBG ...
I just took a trip to jamaica for a friend's wedding and when i returned i looked on my checking account and found that it was overdrawn by almost $250.00. I was shocked. They were all from me trying to call home to talk to family. There was not one phone call less than $25.00 ...
I visited the Bahamas this past weekend on a cuise ship. I made a phone call to Miami Florida using my credit card that lasted less than 50 seconds, and now I'm gettting charge more than $55.00. There were no rates advertised and no recording explaining the charges. You just swipe the card, enter ...